The San Diego Riptide were a professional

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team based in

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, California, that competed in the

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. The team played its home games at the

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. The team was officially announced to the media on January 15, 2002. The Riptide was originally coached by Cree Morris, then

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and finally by Sean Ponder. The Riptide never officially announced that it had ceased operations, but never came back from its hiatus after the 2005 season, and the AF2 folded into the AFL following the latter's 2009 bankruptcy.

Season-by-season

, - , 2002 , , 7 , , 9 , , 0 , , 2nd NC Western , , Won Round 1 (San Diego 40,

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27)
Lost NC Semifinals ( Peoria 22, San Diego 12) , - , 2003 , , 6 , , 10 , , 0 , , 4th NC Western , , -- , - , 2004 , , 8 , , 8 , , 0 , , 3rd NC Western , , -- , - , 2005 , , 5 , , 11 , , 0 , , 5th NC Western , , -- , - !Totals , , 27 , , 39 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs)

References

External links

San Diego Riptide on ArenaFan.com
Riptide Defunct af2 teams Defunct American football teams in California American football teams established in 2002 American football teams disestablished in 2005 2002 establishments in California 2005 disestablishments in California {{California-sport-team-stub

Season-by-season

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